Thirty-Six BIG EAST Players Selected In MLB DraftThirty-six BIG EAST baseball players were chosen in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with five players going in the first five rounds.

BIG EAST baseball players were chosen in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with five players going in the first five rounds.

Connecticut third baseman - and BIG EAST Home Run Derby winner - Mike Olt was the first BIG EAST player chosen as he went to the Texas Rangers with the 49th pick in Compensation Round A.

West Virginia shortstop Jedd Gyorko went in the second round, going to the San Diego Padres with the 59th overall pick. BIG EAST Player of the Year Joe Leonard was chosen in the third round, going to the Atlanta Braves with the 101st pick.

Louisville's Thomas Royse, the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year, led a run of nine Cardinal players chosen when he went to the Chicago White Sox in Compensation Round B with the 114th pick. Villanova outfielder Matt Szczur was the first of four Wildcat players taken when he was snagged by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round.